Appendix:False friends between English and French

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This is a list of common false cognates and false friends between English and French. They therefore look similar but respectively either they do not actually come from the same root or they have different meanings, despite their similarities.

French term English translation English term French translation
actuel current actual réel
actuellement currently actually réellement
alliance wedding ring alliance alliance
apologie defence apology excuses
avocat lawyer avocado avocat
avertir warn avert éviter
anniversaire birthday anniversary anniversaire
audition the sense of hearing audition audition
assister à to attend assist aider
assumer to take responsibility assume supposer
attendre to wait for attend assister à
baskets sneakers basket panier
bite dick bite bouchée
blesser injure bless bénir
balancer throw balance équilibrer
bougie candle bougie bourgeois
bribes bits bribe pot-de-vin
cave cellar cave grotte
campagne countryside campaign campagne
chance luck chance occasion, chance
coin corner coin pièce
collège secondary school college établissement d'enseignement supérieur
célibataire single (person) celibate chaste
cent hundred cent cent, centime
comédien actor comedian comique
courbature ache curvature courbure
chair flesh chair chaise
crayon pencil crayon craie
chef boss chef chef cuisinier (fr)
crier yell cry pleurer
douche shower douche salaud
décevoir disappoint deceive tromper
déception disappointment deception tromperie
délicieux delightful delicious délicieux
demander ask demand exiger
dérangé bothered deranged dérangé
destitution discharge, dismissal destitution misère extrême
décade 10 days decade décennie
défendre forbid defend défendre
déplacement trip displacement déplacement
disposer arrange dispose of se débarrasser de
engagement commitment engagement fiançailles
éventuellement possibly eventually finalement
empiré gotten worse empire empire
essence petrol essence essence
je suis excité I'm aroused I'm excited je suis ravi de, j'ai vraiment/trop hâte
four oven four quatre
flippant surprising flippant désinvolte
fric money freak original
fourniture supply furniture meubles
générique credits generic générique
ignorer to not know ignore ignorer
isolation insulation isolation isolement
inconvénient drawback inconvenient incommode
indulgence leniency indulgence gourmandise
infect repulsive infect contaminer, infecter
inhabité uninhabited inhabited habité
journal newspaper journal journal intime
librairie bookstore library bibliothèque
luxurieux lustful luxurious de luxe
magasin shop magazine revue, magazine
manifestation a protest manifestation signe, manifestation
mamie granny mommy maman
mannequin model mannequin mannequin
mutation transfer mutation mutation
nana girlfriend nana mamie
parcours route parkour parkour
passer un examen take an exam pass an exam réussir
personne nobody person personne
pile battery pile tas
préservatif condom preservative agent de conservation
préjudice damage prejudice préjugé
pièce room piece morceau
prétendre to claim pretend simuler
rapport connection rapport bons rapports
relevant raising relevant pertinent
résumer summarize resume reprendre
ressentir feel resent en vouloir à
reporter postpone report signaler
robe dress robe peignoir
sensible sensitive sensible raisonnable
serviette towel serviette serviette de table (fr)
sanctionner punish sanction autoriser
stores blinds stores magasins
toboggan slide toboggan luge
traiteur caterer traitor traître
tampon stamp tampon tampon
traîner to drag to train s'entraîner
traînée trail trainee stagiaire
travail work travel voyage
ville city, town village village